Blue Cheese

[isalom]

"Blue" cheese doesn't have to be blue. The University of Minnesota developed a non-colored strain of Penicillium that tastes like blue cheese but has no pigment - to avoid a sickening light blue color when the cheese is blended into other foods. The UofM cheese is caled "New World" cheese. Last I heard, it was available at the University's dairy store at its Saint Paul campus.

[Una Persson]

Hello isalom, and thank you very much for reading The Straight Dope and commenting on my article.

I was unaware of the existence of blue-less blue cheese, and I thank you for telling me about it. Personally I can see how a light blue colour might be off-putting visually with some foods.

For reference, the Report in question is here: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbluecheese.html

[GorillaMan]

I hate to also nitpick about a good article, but Stilton wasn't the best choice of protected names, as it covers both blue and white Stiltons. There's [/url=http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/qual/en/uk_en.htm]plenty more[/url] to choose from, though!

[GorillaMan]

Grrrr...